MEDIA – A New Jersey woman has reiterated medical malpractice claims against a number of Delaware County healthcare entities and professionals, for their alleged negligence which caused her late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
PITTSBURGH — A couple allege the City of Pittsburgh's failure to fix or warn of a dangerous condition on a bike path on the 40th Street Bridge resulted in the wife's injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits to a retailer who paid them nearly $2 million or alternatively, a refund, have argued the plaintiff’s claims should be dismissed for improper venue and for violating their mutual agreement’s forum selection clause.
ALLENTOWN – A battle for the levying of sanctions is still underway between an Easton couple and Sherwin-Williams, as the company wants a federal judge to sanction plaintiff counsel for the alleged dissemination of its confidential trade secrets.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has concurred with the U.S. government in believing that the Federal Tort Claims Act’s discretionary function exception (DFE) bars injury claims made by a local woman who suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park in Philadelphia, more than three years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A Pitcairn business owner who claimed she was targeted for racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution by local authorities after publicly criticizing the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media, opposes one officer’s attempt to be dismissed from the case.
HARRISBURG – A group of Pennsylvania Republicans has withdrawn its legal challenge to state officials surrounding the recent selection of a new congressional map, without prejudice.
SCRANTON – A former member of the Scranton Police Department who claimed her confidential personnel file and personal contact information were leaked without her knowledge by the City of Scranton and the Department, as part of discovery in an unrelated case, has opposed the defendant’s attempt to dismiss her suit.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a Bucks County man and fencing instruction facility continues to disagree with the MyLife.com website’s argument that the dispute between the parties should be governed by an arbitration agreement, arguing that the agreement wasn’t obviously mentioned in the site’s terms and conditions.
MEDIA – An Upper Darby tavern is looking to open and strike a default judgment levied against it, in the case of a Philadelphia woman attending a birthday party at the tavern and who alleged she was shot by another patron who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay.
HARRISBURG – For jurisdictional reasons, judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania have thrown out appeals from one partner of the former Philadelphia law firm Golomb & Honik relating to escrow account contributions, ruling it did not have cause to compel the firm’s other former partner to make those contributions, as the firm continues to dissolve.
PITTSBURGH – The widow of a man killed after an altercation at a Pittsburgh Steelers game in November 2016 has reached a settlement with the assailants, the stadium and its security team she held legally responsible for his death.
MEDIA – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections filed by a Dominican Republic resort, which had argued that a Delaware couple’s injury lawsuit against it should be dismissed without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds, since the alleged events in question took place in that Caribbean country and not Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH — A woman who allegedly fell at a public park in Allegheny County while attending a wedding reception and suffered injuries is claiming the county's negligence.
PITTSBURGH – A McDonald’s employee alleges she was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment from her manager for months before being mandated to perform work duties in violation of a doctor’s order, which may have led to both her miscarriage and professional retaliation exacted upon her.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has conditionally denied a Philadelphia man’s attempt to name specific individuals from the City of Philadelphia’s Licenses and Inspections Department, defendants who allegedly took part in the Department demolishing two of the plaintiff’s properties, located adjacent to the scene of a fire, in October 2019.
